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The “Pacific Rim” TV series has found a home at Amazon, Variety has learned exclusively.
The live-action project, which Variety exclusively reported on in 2024, is now in development at Prime Video in a deal between lead studio Legendary Television and Amazon MGM Studios.
As previously reported, Eric Heisserer will serve as writer and executive producer under his Chronology banner. The show is the first project under Chronology’s first-look TV deal with Legendary. Exact plot details are being kept under wraps, but the show will serve as a prequel to the films. According to sources, there is still the potential for new films in the franchise as well.
The first film in the franchise was directed by Guillermo del Toro from a screenplay by del Toro and Travis Beacham. It came out in 2013 and grossed over $400 million at the global box office. The sequel, “Pacific Rim Uprising,” bowed in 2018, while the anime series “Pacific Rim: The Black” aired two seasons on Netflix between 2021 and 2022. The franchise also includes comic books, novels, toys, and more.
In “Pacific Rim,” an inter-dimensional rift opens at the bottom of the Pacific Ocean, allowing massive monsters (a.k.a kaijus) to enter our world and begin attacking humanity. In response, humans begin constructing giant fighting robots called Jaegers.
Heisserer was most recently the writer, executive producer, and showrunner on the “Shadow and Bone” TV series at Netflix, which was based on the Grishaverse YA novels. He received an Academy Award nomination for best adapted screenplay for the film “Arrival” in 2017. His other feature writing credits include the hit Netflix film “Bird Box” as well as “Lights Out,” “Hours” (which he also directed), “Bloodshot,” and the 2010 remake of “A Nightmare on Elm Street.”
This is the latest development news from Legendary TV and Amazon MGM Studios in recent weeks. It was previously reported that the two studios, along with Pacesetter Productions, had struck a deal to develop a series based G. T. Karber’s murder mystery puzzles “Murdle.” Legendary’s current slate also includes the live-action Monsterverse series “Monarch” at Apple TV+ as well as shows like “Dune: Prophecy” at Max and the animated series “The Legend of Lara Croft” at Netflix.
